1) Son of the Dawn ★★★
2) Cast Long Shadows ★★
3) Every Exquisite Thing ★★★★★
4) Learn About Loss ★★
5) A Deeper Love ★★★★
6) The Wicked Ones ★★★★
7) The Land I Lost ★★★★★
8) Through Blood, Through Fire ★★★★
9) The Lost World ★★★★
10) Forever Fallen ★★★★½


content warnings: violence, murder, gore, human trafficking, sex slavery, discrimination
representation: gay main character, indonesian bisexual main character, interracial m/m main relationship, biracial (white-chinese) main character, interracial main relationship, biracial (chinese-japanese) pansexual main character, argentinian side characters


“Alec crossed the floor to where Magnus stood considering the whiteboard. Carefully, since Magnus was still holding a bubbling jar, Alec slid his arms around Magnus’s waist, linking his hands together over the embossed buckle of Magnus’s belt. The T-shirt Magnus was wearing had a dramatic scoop neckline, so Alec put his face down in the smooth bare expanse of skin and breathed in the smell of sandalwood and spell ingredients.”


This novella is everything I could ever want and more. The plot by itself is really interesting, with Alec and Lily going to Buenos Aires after Jem and Tessa ask them for help and they end up investigating some shady business going on within the Buenos Aires Institute. That leads to Alec finding Rafael, a Shadowhunter orphan hanging around the Shadow Market.

This entire novella is just full of great character stuff. Malec being domestic dads is the best thing in the entire world, Max and Rafael are the absolute cutest, all of Alec and Lily's interactions are incredibly sweet, Jem and Tessa are almost sickening, Lily still mourning Raphael is absolutely heartbreaking. It's all great and I spent literally every page either squealing or nearly sobbing.

Honestly, this kind of just made me even more excited for The Red Scrolls so I can get more Alec/Magnus in my life. I read QOAAD a month ago and I already missed them, so I'm not sure how I'm gonna last a few months to get more content.